Fishing-reel.



A. WOLLENSAK.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 9, 1910.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron. L

. ANDREW WOLLE NSAK, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WOLLENSAK OP-TICAL COMPANY, OI ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 'OF NEW YORK.

- the spool.

' FISH'ING-BEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

Application filed march-9, 1910. Serial No. 548,297.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW VVoLLENsAK, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Reels, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to fishing reels.

of the frame of. the reel looking in the same direction as in Fig. 2,and show the mechanism in its different operative positions.

The frame of the illustrated reel comprises a shell or case 1, which ispreferably stamped from a single piece of metal into the cup-shaped formshown in the drawings, with portions of the metal removed at intervalsto produce openings 2, both in'its circumferential face and back, sothat a skeleton form is produced that is light and at the same timesufficiently strong.

The shell 1- contains a spindle 3, centrally located, that is adapted toreceive This spool is represented as constructed from two cup-shapedmetal disks 4, 4, that are screwed together, back to back, at 5, and areventilated by perforations 6 and 7, the space between the disks beingsuflieient to accommodate the windings of the line. The spool thusformed has a central hub 8 that fits the spindle 3, and also carries apinion 9. It has also an operating handle 10 and counterweight 11.

The click 12 and drag 13 are located inside the shell 1, adjacent to thespindle 3. The click 12 is a pawl that is supported by a pivot 12* on alever 14 that 1n turn is pivoted to the shell at 15. A spring 16 tendsnormally to hold the click in engage- .ment-with the pinion 9, by bothswinging the shell 1 to which it is secured at a point adjacent to thespindle, as by legs 17, 17, and screws 18, 18. p

Both click and drag are operated'by a single lever 19 that is pivotedwithin the shell on the spindle 3, and protrudes through one of theopenings 2. The click-is operated by an arm or pro ection 20 on theoperating lever 19 that engages the inner edge 21 of the pawl-carryinglever 14, and this edge is so curved that when the projection is in theposition shown in Fig. 3, where it lies against a stop 22 on the drag,the pawlcarrying lever is free to swing the pawl into engagement withtliepinion 9, and so put on the click. But when the operating lever ismoved into either its other extremeposition shown in Fig. 5, or itsintermediate position shown in Fig. 4, the projection 20 lNldS thepawl-carrying lever 14 back so that the pawl 1s out of engagement withthe pin- M11 9. Another arm of the operating lever 39 carries a wedge 23that is adapted to slide beneath the drag 13 at a point that liesradially out beyond its attachment to the shell 1, and so spring thedrag inwardly into engagement with the spool. In the construction shownthe wedge 23 is formed by slitting the metal piece that constitutes theoperating lever, and bending up a portion 0 it. the drag is formedaccommodates the wedge 23 when the operating lever 19 is in the positionthat puts the click on (see Fig. 3), or in its intermediate position(see Fig. 4).

A shoulder 22 on one leg 17 of the drag 1 engages the projectionv 20 onthe operating other extreme position of the operating lever in theopposite direction, in which the pawl is withheld from the pinion andthe drag is on. An indentation 26 in the shell 1 arrests the head 27 ofthe operating lever in the intermediate position of said lever, sincesaid intended for fastenin lever is resilient and is bent outwardly byits, contact with the outer surface of said shell.

The hole 28 in the spool, near its hub, is the line to the spool bypassing it. throng said hole and knotting it.

What I claim is 1. In a reel, the combination of a frame whose back isperforated; a spool revolubly supported thereby; a retarding device forthe spool, attached to the inside of the back of the frame; and a leverivoted on the inside of the back of the rame adapted to operate theretarding device, and having a resilient operating arm that is sprungoutwardly through the perforation in the back of the frame and projectsradially beyond it. 2. In a reel, the combination of a frame consistingof a shell, open in front,,having 20 a slot in its back, and having aspindle diametricallylocated Within it; a spool ada ted to revolve onthe spindle; a retardin evice for the s 001, attached to the insi e ofthe back of t e frame; and a lever pivoted 25 on the inside of the backof the frame, adapted to operate the retarding device, and havlng aresilient operating arm that projects laterally through and is movablein the

